Runestone Workshop June 22-25 2020
Barb Ericson and I are pleased to announce that our scheduled SIGCSE Workshop will now take place virtually, and you are all invited to participate free of charge. The workshop will take place the week of June 22, Monday through Thursday and will use a blended format of asynchronous videos and assignments along synchronous discussion sessions. The live discussion sessions will happen at 3PM EDT. You are welcome to attend any or all of the sessions depending on your schedule and previous experience with Runestone.
To Sign up for the workshop please visit https://runestone.academy If don’t have an account please make one and register for the course UsingRunestone20
. If you already have an account on Runestone then add yourself to UsingRunestone20
. Note this will enroll you in the Foundations of Python Programming course which we will use as a starting point. We will also spend a lot of time with the instructors guide.
Module One - Runestone Student Experience
Introduction
goals for the workshop
history of Runestone
Be a student
enroll in course
check out your first assignment - reading assignment
checkout your second assignment - problem set
Using the Practice Tool
Module Two - Teacher Experience Creating a course
Creating a course (base course versus bespoke course)
Student Management
Enrolling and dropping students
Adding a TA
Monitoring Student Progress
Instructor only features of the textbooks
Setting up practice
Module Three - Creating your own Assignments Writing and Customizing
Creating assignments and questions
Making assignments
Reading Assignments
Problem Sets
Grading assignments
Using the autograder
Manually grading
Editor Role and flagging bad questions
Module Four - Stories from the Instructor Community
Discussion with guest instructors
Creating a community of practice